The planet formerly known as Pluto~

[Raerae]

Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/200609...tanumber134340

LOL... Poor ploto =( Mickey is gonna be sad.

 

[queenofdisaster]

hahahahahah i was just telling my hubby about that! hehehehe i KNEW someone had to have posted it in chatter.

 

[*Stargazer*]

This is the stupidest s**t ever. I hate astronomers now. I can't believe they just decided to undo something we all know. Lame.

 

[Raerae]

My very eagar mother just served us nine....

We gotta fix this! C'mon Specktraette's lets come up with a new version!

MAC Velvet Eyeshadow makes Jenny's stare unbelievably naughty!

 

[Eoraptor]

You know Pluto still gets to be called Pluto, right? Just like Ceres will always be Ceres, even if it's number 1 in the list (it was the first asteroid discovered). In fact, they recently named the other dwarf planet that's just been known by a number (2003 UB313) and a nickname ("Xena") until now. It's now officially called Eris.

The other choice (which was proposed) would be to leave Pluto a planet, and make Ceres, Eris and Pluto's moon Charon planets too. Plus any other somewhat large iceballs we find out in the Kuiper Belt, which will probably number in the 10's or 100's once we find them all. Better to stick to 8 planets, I say.

Edit: Hilarious mneumonic device, Raerae!